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Sonny(2002)
Status: Released
Date: 2002-10-26
52%
59 Votes
Time: 1h 50m
His life was the morning after, until he decided to change the night before.
Overview:
New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. However, the job his Army buddy promised doesn't materialize, and he can't escape his past.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $4,000,000.00
Revenue: $132,221.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Sonny
Top 10 Billed Cast
James Franco
Sonny
Brenda Blethyn
Jewel
Harry Dean Stanton
Henry
Mena Suvari
Carol
Nicolas Cage
Acid Yellow
Scott Caan
Jesse
Seymour Cassel
Albert
Brenda Vaccaro
Meg
Josie Davis
Gretchen
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